I had a great conversation today with Sheila Storrer of Mercer of Luscious Mother: Life Coaching for Moms. I shared why I love Positive Discipline, how to parent with the brain in mind and tips for pandemic parenting.
I recently shared tips with writer Nancy Schatz Alton in ParentMap on how to effectively use empathy with our kids. When we are mindful of how we use it, it can be one of our strongest parenting tools from birth through adulthood. Read more here.
This week on King 5 News, I shared why parents should let go of blame and teach kids how to solve problems by focusing on solutions.
Help! Every time we walk to the park, my adventurous three-year-old bolts away from me. When I ask her to come back, she just ignores me. When I yell, she laughs in my face. The other day I totally lost it and screamed that we are never going to the park again. It’s been a week and we are both going stir crazy, but I am terrified to try again. How do I help her understand how dangerous this is and get her to stay with me?
This week on King 5 News, I shared how to have regular family meetings.
If you are interested in having family meetings in your own home, I recommend reading Family Meetings: Your Most Powerful Parenting Tool before getting started.
This week on King 5 News, I shared three strategies for helping kids cooperate.
For more tips on this topic, check out Sick of Nagging? Try Less Talk, More Action.
This week on King 5 News, I shared some of the problems with time outs a punishment and what to do instead.
For more on this topic, check out Why Time Outs Don't Work & What To Do Instead.
This week on King 5 News, I shared tips on discipline strategies for toddlers and preschoolers that you can use throughout child.
For more tips on this topic, check out What You Need To Know About Early Discipline.
This week on King 5 News, I shared tips on how to move through those stages when children show a preference from one parent over another.
For more tips on this topic, check out the blog post Daddy Do It! What To Do When Kids Play Favorites.
Can you imagine if your partner said, "put on your shoes" ten times before you left the house? Is there any reason to listen to the first nine times? By the tenth time, you might be ready to throw your shoes out the door and tell your partner to go by themselves!
And yet, with our kids, we yell orders from the other room and wonder why our demands are not met. We repeat them again and again, ramping up our own anger and frustration.
They ignore us and we keep demanding.
This week on King 5 News, I shared how to handle those moments when our kids whining is driving us nuts.
For more tips on this topic, check out A Way Out of Whining.
This week I spoke with King 5 News about how to help kids manage their routine and get out the door on time.
For more tips on this topic, check out the blog post How To Get Out The Door With Kids.
Last week I spoke with Mimi Jung & Jake Whittenberg from King 5 News about encouraging children to help out when it comes to chores. For more tips on this topic, check out Quit Whining & Do Your Chores.
You survived the newborn days, and life with baby is rolling along smoothly. They are full of belly laughs, find delight in just about everything, and their biggest complaints are easily whisked away with a clean diaper, a snuggle, and some milk. As you push your easy-going babe in the swing at the park, you notice the toddler hitting her mom and think, “Wow, what’s wrong with that devil child? Glad it’s not mine.”
Behold The Power of Treats! "Can I have some ice cream?" "I want another piece of cake!" Sound familiar? Kids seem to want them. All of the time. And, of course they do! We often have made it the source of all happiness and the forbidden fruit at the same time. All of life’s big events seem to have them.
Help! Our four year old is turning mornings into a three-ring circus. She thinks getting ready is a game and as soon as we start, she runs away. It’s one thing when she does it with me, but now she is starting to turn on the antics with our nanny. Our family has put many of your bedtime tips in to practice and I would like to figure out how the nanny and I can use them in the morning as well. Can you help us stop the circus?
